Scotchwoman
Americannoun
noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Scotchwoman
1810–20; Scotch(man) ( def. ) + -woman
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After graduating from Vassar in 1947, Quigley returned to San Francisco where the very same astrologer, an elderly Scotchwoman, took her under her wing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the girls saw much society, for the old Meades were hospitable, and the Mother Meade, a Scotchwoman, had a great idea of establishing her daughters.
From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The greatest of these, beyond all question, was Charles Forbes de Montalembert, whose mother was a Scotchwoman, and his father French ambassador in Sweden.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
"It don't amount to much, but, as the Scotchwoman observed of her clergyman's head, 'it's some good to the owner.'"
From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
A Scotchwoman said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various
His sisters, who, taking after their mother, were all true Scotchwomen, now urged upon him to comply with Archie's request and accompany him to Lanark.
From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
These two were Scotchwomen by birth, and both were widows.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Castle, Egerton
Thus, in detailing the scene with Mrs. R——, I was instinctively led to picture a group of Scotchwomen, sitting socially together and listening to a similar story.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The careful consonants and musical cadences of the Scotchwomen were such a balm to the ear!
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William
I have often admired Scotchwomen of a pronounced Celtic type.
From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max
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